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Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili poetry Songs Oral literature Swahili Literature Legends Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Shanga -- Pate Island -- Shanga Ruins Genre: Poem Poetry (LCTGM) Language: Swahili 384 Poems by Ahmad Nassir and Others (MS 380528a) Creator: Nassir, Ahmad ( Author, Primary ) Nassir, Ahmad ( contributor ) Publication Date: circa 1952-1969 AD (circa 1371-1389 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili poetry Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa Genre: Poem Poetry (LCTGM) Language: Swahili 385 Poems by Aziz bin Abdallah (MS 380446a) Creator: Aziz bin Abdallah ( Author, Primary ) Publication Date: 1962-1972 AD (1382-1392 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili poetry Kiswahili mashairi Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa Genre: Poem Shairi Poetry (LCTGM) Shayari Language: Swahili 386 Poems from Pemba. Utendi wa Miqdadi na Mayasa and Shairi la Nyuki (PP MS 42. S/23-S/27) Creator: Lambert, H. E. ( Author, Primary ) Mohamed bin Khamis Mugheri ( contributor ) Salim Mbaruk Mauly ( contributor ) bin Ali el Mendhari, Salim, Sheikh ( contributor ) Mayasa binti Nassor Riyami ( contributor ) Publication Date: 1958-1964 AD (1378-1384 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili poetry Swahili language -- Dialects Correspondence Islam Legends Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Tanzania -- Pemba North -- Eastern Africa -- Pemba Island Genre: Shairi Shayari Language: Swahili 387 Poems in Arabic praising the Prophet (MS 330) Creator: [s.n.] Publication Date: [n.d.] Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili poetry Islam Religious belief Uislamu Kiswahili mashairi Spatial Coverage: Asia -- Saudi Arabia -- Arabian Peninsula Genre: Poem Shairi Takhmis Poetry (LCTGM) Shayari 388 Poems in KiMvita, KiPemba, KiAmu, KiUnguja, and KiMrima (PP MS 42. S/20-S/22) Creator: Mohamed bin Nasoro Bahari ( Author, Primary ) Juma Yakuti Mwindi ya Konde ( contributor ) bin Ali Mazrui, Suleiman ( contributor ) Jahadhmiy, Ali bin Said bin Rashid, 1830-1910 ( contributor ) Salim Ali, Sheik ( contributor ) Publication Date: 1935-1954 AD (1354-1373 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili poetry Swahili Literature Swahili language -- Dialects Linguistics Kiswahili mashairi Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island Genre: Shairi Shayari 389 Poems in Swahili (MS 380521a) Creator: [s.n.] Publication Date: [n.d.] Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast 390 Poems praising the Prophet and Poems celebrating the death of Shariff Adnan of Lamu (MS 435) Creator: Khatibu Abubakar ( Author, Primary ) Publication Date: [n.d.] Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili poetry Islam Religious belief Uislamu Kiswahili mashairi Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island Genre: Poem Shairi Poetry (LCTGM) Shayari Language: Swahili 391 Poems to Taylor (MS 47754d) Creator: Hussein bin Kahmis ( Author, Primary ) Mohammed al-Mambasy ( contributor ) Sikujua, Mwalimu ( contributor ) Bin Kahmis, Hussein ( contributor ) al-Mambasy, Mohammed ( contributor ) Publication Date: circa 1880 AD (circa 1297 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili poetry Correspondence Kiswahili mashairi Letters Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa Genre: Poem Poetry (LCTGM) Language: Swahili 392 Poetic fragments (MS 380554c) Creator: [s.n.] Publication Date: circa 1951 AD (circa 1371 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili poetry Kiswahili mashairi Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Poem Utenzi Poetry (LCTGM) Language: Swahili 393 Political material-Papers (PP MS 42. SL/25-SL/30) Creator: Diagne, Pathé ( Author, Primary ) Svendsen, Knud Erik ( contributor ) Bunger, Robert Louis ( contributor ) Publication Date: 1967-1970 AD (1387-1390 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Africa -- Politics, Practical Africa -- Political science East Africa -- Politics, Practical Africa, East -- Politics, Practical Africa, East -- Political science Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Tanzania -- Eastern Africa -- Dar es Salaam Genre: Essays (LCGFT) 394 Poor man and his rich friend (MS 193290) Publication Date: circa 1939 AD (circa 1349 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Stories Hadithi Literature (LCTGM) Language: English 395 Prayer in KiNyika (MS 47759b) Creator: [s.n.] George David ( contributor ) Publication Date: 1870 AD (1287 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Religious belief Religious poetry Imani za kidini Mijikenda (Nine Tribes) Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Language: Swahili 396 Prayer to God (MS 420) Creator: Said Ahmad ( Author, Primary ) Said Ahmad ( contributor ) Publication Date: [n.d.] Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili poetry Islam Religious practice Uislamu Kiswahili mashairi Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Poem Shairi Takhmis Poetry (lctgm) Language: Swahili 397 President’s Speech and book review (PP MS 42. S/43-S/44) Creator: Bush, Kim ( Author, Primary ) Publication Date: 1965 AD (1385 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Tanzanian politics Book reviews Swahili Literature Africa, East -- History East Africa -- History Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Tanzania -- Eastern Africa -- Dar es Salaam Genre: Essays (LCGFT) Language: Swahili 398 Press Cuttings: Whiteley Obituary (PP MS 42. P/11) Creator: [s.n.] Publication Date: 1972 AD (1392 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Obituaries Swahili language Bantu languages Linguistics Whiteley, Wilfred Howell Spatial Coverage: Europe -- United Kingdom -- England -- Greater London -- London Genre: Notes Records (Documents) (LCGFT) Language: English 399 Profilo Storico del Kiswahili (MS 380539a) Creator: Crapanzano, Andrea Oscar ( Author, Primary ) Publication Date: 1962 AD (1382 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili language History Decolonization Nation-building Periodicals Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Somalia -- Eastern Africa Genre: Essays (LCGFT) 400 A prose text on logic and a poem on inheritance rules Publication Date: [n.d.] Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS, University of London Subject Keyword: Inheritance Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Nigeria -- Borno Language: Arabic

381

Poem condemning Christian beliefs (MS 428)

Creator:: Khalifa ( Author, Primary ); Khalifa ( contributor )
Publication Date:: [n.d.]
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili poetry; Islam; Christianity; Religious belief; Imani za kidini
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Poem; Utenzi; Poetry (LCTGM)
Language:: Swahili

382

Poems (MS 4)

Creator:: [s.n.]
Publication Date:: [n.d.]
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast

383

Poems and Songs (MS 47755b)

Creator:: Liongo Fumo ( Author, Primary ); Bwana Malenga al-Kilify ( contributor ); Ali Nasir, Sayyid Abdallah, fl. 1750 ( contributor )
Publication Date:: circa 1890 AD (circa 1307 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili poetry; Songs; Oral literature; Swahili Literature; Legends
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Shanga -- Pate Island -- Shanga Ruins
Genre:: Poem; Poetry (LCTGM)
Language:: Swahili

384

Poems by Ahmad Nassir and Others (MS 380528a)

Creator:: Nassir, Ahmad ( Author, Primary ); Nassir, Ahmad ( contributor )
Publication Date:: circa 1952-1969 AD (circa 1371-1389 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili poetry
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa
Genre:: Poem; Poetry (LCTGM)
Language:: Swahili

385

Poems by Aziz bin Abdallah (MS 380446a)

Creator:: Aziz bin Abdallah ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:: 1962-1972 AD (1382-1392 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili poetry; Kiswahili mashairi
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa
Genre:: Poem; Shairi; Poetry (LCTGM); Shayari
Language:: Swahili

386

Poems from Pemba. Utendi wa Miqdadi na Mayasa and Shairi la Nyuki (PP MS 42. S/23-S/27)

Creator:: Lambert, H. E. ( Author, Primary ); Mohamed bin Khamis Mugheri ( contributor ); Salim Mbaruk Mauly ( contributor ); bin Ali el Mendhari, Salim, Sheikh ( contributor ); Mayasa binti Nassor Riyami ( contributor )
Publication Date:: 1958-1964 AD (1378-1384 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili poetry; Swahili language -- Dialects; Correspondence; Islam; Legends
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Tanzania -- Pemba North -- Eastern Africa -- Pemba Island
Genre:: Shairi; Shayari
Language:: Swahili

387

Poems in Arabic praising the Prophet (MS 330)

Creator:: [s.n.]
Publication Date:: [n.d.]
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili poetry; Islam; Religious belief; Uislamu; Kiswahili mashairi
Spatial Coverage:: Asia -- Saudi Arabia -- Arabian Peninsula
Genre:: Poem; Shairi; Takhmis; Poetry (LCTGM); Shayari

388

Poems in KiMvita, KiPemba, KiAmu, KiUnguja, and KiMrima (PP MS 42. S/20-S/22)

Creator:: Mohamed bin Nasoro Bahari ( Author, Primary ); Juma Yakuti Mwindi ya Konde ( contributor ); bin Ali Mazrui, Suleiman ( contributor ); Jahadhmiy, Ali bin Said bin Rashid, 1830-1910 ( contributor ); Salim Ali, Sheik ( contributor )
Publication Date:: 1935-1954 AD (1354-1373 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili poetry; Swahili Literature; Swahili language -- Dialects; Linguistics; Kiswahili mashairi
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island
Genre:: Shairi; Shayari

389

Poems in Swahili (MS 380521a)

Creator:: [s.n.]
Publication Date:: [n.d.]
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast

390

Poems praising the Prophet and Poems celebrating the death of Shariff Adnan of Lamu (MS 435)

Creator:: Khatibu Abubakar ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:: [n.d.]
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili poetry; Islam; Religious belief; Uislamu; Kiswahili mashairi
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island
Genre:: Poem; Shairi; Poetry (LCTGM); Shayari
Language:: Swahili

391

Poems to Taylor (MS 47754d)

Creator:: Hussein bin Kahmis ( Author, Primary ); Mohammed al-Mambasy ( contributor ); Sikujua, Mwalimu ( contributor ); Bin Kahmis, Hussein ( contributor ); al-Mambasy, Mohammed ( contributor )
Publication Date:: circa 1880 AD (circa 1297 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili poetry; Correspondence; Kiswahili mashairi; Letters
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa
Genre:: Poem; Poetry (LCTGM)
Language:: Swahili

392

Poetic fragments (MS 380554c)

Creator:: [s.n.]
Publication Date:: circa 1951 AD (circa 1371 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili poetry; Kiswahili mashairi
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Poem; Utenzi; Poetry (LCTGM)
Language:: Swahili

393

Political material-Papers (PP MS 42. SL/25-SL/30)

Creator:: Diagne, Pathé ( Author, Primary ); Svendsen, Knud Erik ( contributor ); Bunger, Robert Louis ( contributor )
Publication Date:: 1967-1970 AD (1387-1390 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Africa -- Politics, Practical; Africa -- Political science; East Africa -- Politics, Practical; Africa, East -- Politics, Practical; Africa, East -- Political science
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Tanzania -- Eastern Africa -- Dar es Salaam
Genre:: Essays (LCGFT)

394

Poor man and his rich friend (MS 193290)

Publication Date:: circa 1939 AD (circa 1349 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Stories; Hadithi; Literature (LCTGM)
Language:: English

395

Prayer in KiNyika (MS 47759b)

Creator:: [s.n.]; George David ( contributor )
Publication Date:: 1870 AD (1287 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Religious belief; Religious poetry; Imani za kidini; Mijikenda (Nine Tribes)
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Language:: Swahili

396

Prayer to God (MS 420)

Creator:: Said Ahmad ( Author, Primary ); Said Ahmad ( contributor )
Publication Date:: [n.d.]
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili poetry; Islam; Religious practice; Uislamu; Kiswahili mashairi
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Poem; Shairi; Takhmis; Poetry (lctgm)
Language:: Swahili

397

President’s Speech and book review (PP MS 42. S/43-S/44)

Creator:: Bush, Kim ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:: 1965 AD (1385 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Tanzanian politics; Book reviews; Swahili Literature; Africa, East -- History; East Africa -- History
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Tanzania -- Eastern Africa -- Dar es Salaam
Genre:: Essays (LCGFT)
Language:: Swahili

398

Press Cuttings: Whiteley Obituary (PP MS 42. P/11)

Creator:: [s.n.]
Publication Date:: 1972 AD (1392 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Obituaries; Swahili language; Bantu languages; Linguistics; Whiteley, Wilfred Howell
Spatial Coverage:: Europe -- United Kingdom -- England -- Greater London -- London
Genre:: Notes; Records (Documents) (LCGFT)
Language:: English

399

Profilo Storico del Kiswahili (MS 380539a)

Creator:: Crapanzano, Andrea Oscar ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:: 1962 AD (1382 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili language; History; Decolonization; Nation-building; Periodicals
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Somalia -- Eastern Africa
Genre:: Essays (LCGFT)

400

A prose text on logic and a poem on inheritance rules

Publication Date:: [n.d.]
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS, University of London
Subject Keyword:: Inheritance
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Nigeria -- Borno
Language:: Arabic

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